Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., gave President Joe Biden some bad news about the lame-duck session in Congress. Biden is trying to ram through an assault weapons ban before the next Congress, but he does not have the votes according to Murphy.
“I’m glad that President Biden is gonna be pushing us to take a vote on an assault weapons ban,” Murphy said on CNN. “The House has already passed it. It’s sitting in front of the Senate. Does it have 60 votes in the Senate right now? Probably not, but let’s see if we can try to get that number is close to 60 as possible.”
“If we don’t have the votes, then we’ll talk to [Senate Majority Leader Chuck] Schumer and maybe come back next year, with maybe an additional senator, and see if we can do better,” he added.
Biden said recently:
Sen. Chris Murphy doesn’t think Democrats have 60 votes for assault weapons banhttps://t.co/mzKPuboKny
— CNN (@CNN) November 27, 2022
“Gun violence continues to have a devastating and particular impact on LGBTQI+ communities across our nation and threats of violence are increasing.
“We saw it six years ago in Orlando, when our nation suffered the deadliest attack affecting the LGBTQI+ community in American history,” Biden wrote in response to the attack.
“We must address the public health epidemic of gun violence in all of its forms.
“Earlier this year, I signed the most significant gun safety law in nearly three decades, in addition to taking other historic actions.
“But we must do more. We need to enact an assault weapons ban to get weapons of war off America’s streets.
“The idea that we still allow semi-automatic weapons to be purchased is sick.
“Just sick.
“I’m going to try to get rid of assault weapons.”
Democrat Senator Chris Murphy says "we have to have a conversation about whether we can continue to fund law enforcement" in counties and states which have declared themselves "Second Amendment sanctuaries." pic.twitter.com/TxFbuAulDa
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) November 27, 2022
Sen. Chris Murphy says Democrats don't have enough votes in the Senate to pass the type of "assault" weapons ban championed by President Biden, but he would like to try to pass something in the new Congress. https://t.co/8VTRDh8uyo
— The Washington Times (@WashTimes) November 28, 2022
Democrat Sen. Chris Murphy floats cutting funds to police that fail to enforce gun laws https://t.co/epmk7esDMG pic.twitter.com/bwYA39o6pR
— New York Post (@nypost) November 27, 2022
